Zuriko Davitashvili
Davitashvili with Arsenal Tula in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bordeaux
Number 30
Youth career
2013–2017 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Dinamo Tbilisi 6 (0)
2018–2019 Locomotive Tbilisi 29 (3)
2019–2021 Rubin Kazan 28 (2)
2020–2021Rotor Volgograd (loan) 20 (0)
2021–2022 Arsenal Tula 20 (3)
2022–2023 Dinamo Batumi 14 (6)
2022–2023Bordeaux (loan) 30 (5)
2023– Bordeaux 14 (1)
International career
2016–2018 Georgia U17 12 (7)
2017–2018 Georgia U19 9 (4)
2019–2023 Georgia U21 5 (1)
2019– Georgia 32 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:05, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:42, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Zuriko "Zuka" Davitashvili (Georgian: ზურიკო დავითაშვილი, romanized: zurik'o davitashvili; born 15 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 2 club Bordeaux and the Georgia national team. He also plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Davitashvili made his career debut for Dinamo Tbilisi on 29 September 2017 in a match against Kolkheti Poti. He came on the pitch in the 72nd minute.[1]

In 2018, he moved to Locomotive Tbilisi.[2] In the same year The Guardian named Davitashvili among 60 best young players worldwide.[3]

As a distinguished player of the Georgian U17 team, he received a golden medal from the Football Federation.[4] Тhis acknowledgement resulted from his highly prolific performance in two qualifying rounds of 2018 European U17 championship. Being captain of the team, he scored seven goals in six matches, including a poker against N.Macedonia.[5]

A year later he was named as the best young Georgian football player of the season.[6]

Russia

On 29 June 2019, Davitashvili signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.[7] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rubin on 15 July 2019 in the season opener against Lokomotiv Moscow, as a starter.[8]

UEFA included Zuriko Davitashvili in the list of fifty young talents in early 2020.[9]

On 20 August 2020, Davitashvili joined Rotor Volgograd on loan for the 2020–21 season.[10] On 16 July 2021, his contract with Rubin was terminated by mutual consent.[11] Four days later, he signed for Arsenal Tula.[12]

Return to Georgia

On 23 March 2022, Davitashvili signed with Dinamo Batumi. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA gave foreign players playing in Russia the permission to terminate their contract immediately.[13]

Bordeaux

On 2 September 2022 Davitashvili moved to Bordeaux on a one-year loan deal.[14] His goal in a debut game helped his new club to secure victory over Dijon on 17 September.[15] Following the 2022–23 season, the club exercised the option to purchase him on a four-year deal.[16]

International career

Before 2016, Davitashvili played for the Georgia under-17s. After 2017, he played for the Georgia under-19s.[17] He made his debut for Georgia national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against South Korea, as a starter.[18] Three days later in a friendly game against Bulgaria he netted his first goal.[19]

Davitashvili took part in 2023 European U21 Championship, co-hosted by Georgia. His stunning solo goal scored against Netherlands in a 1-1 draw proved crucial for winning the group stage. For his display Davitashvilil received the Player of the Match award.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 6060
Locomotive Tbilisi 2018 193193
2019 100100
Total 29300293
Rubin Kazan 2019–20 Russian Premier League 262262
2020–21 2020
Total 28200282
Rotor Volgograd (loan) 2020–21 Russian Premier League 200200
Arsenal Tula 2021–22 20331234
Dinamo Batumi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 1464[lower-alpha 1]1187
Bordeaux 2022–23 Ligue 2 30521326
2023–24 141141
Total 44621467
Career total 16120524117023
  1. Two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Davitashvili goal.[21]
List of international goals scored by Zuriko Davitashvili
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2021Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria1–41–4Friendly
2.12 October 2021Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo2–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.5 June 2022Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria Bulgaria1–05–22022–23 UEFA Nations League C
4.17 June 2023AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus2–12–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
5.12 October 2023Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Thailand1–08–0Friendly
6.6–0

Honours

Georgia U17

Individual

Personal life

Zuriko Davitashvili is the son of former football player Suliko Davitashvili, who later became a football coach working with youth teams and at professional clubs such as Rustavi.[26]

Zuriko has a sister and younger brother.

He got married in 2023.[27] The birth of his son was announced in November 2023.[28]

References

  1. "Kolkheti vs Dinamo Tbilisi". soccerway.com.
  2. "დადასტურდა: ზურიკო დავითაშვილის ახალი გუნდი ცნობილია" (in Georgian). fanebi.com. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. "Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. 11 October 2018.
  4. "სფფ-მ საუკეთესოები დააჯილდოვა - წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელად გიორგი ჩაკვეტაძე დაასახელეს" (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 28 December 2018.
  5. "დავითაშვილის პოკერი, საქართველო ევროპაზე გასვლის თეორიულ შანსს ინარჩუნებს". europop.ge (in Georgian). 27 March 2018.
  6. "GFF awards 2019". mygoals.ge (in Georgian).
  7. "ЗУРИКО ДАВИТАШВИЛИ – ИГРОК "РУБИНА"" [Zuriko Davitashvili is a Rubin player] (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 29 June 2019.
  8. "Game Report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 15 July 2019.
  9. "Fifty for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch". UEFA. 14 February 2020.
  10. "Зурико в "Роторе"" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 20 August 2020.
  11. "ЗУРИКО ДАВИТАШВИЛИ ПОКИДАЕТ "РУБИН"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 16 July 2021.
  12. "ЗУРИКО, ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ В "АРСЕНАЛ"!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 20 July 2021.
  13. "ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია და ზურიკო დავითაშვილი "დინამო ბათუმში" ითამაშებენ" (in Georgian). Worldsport.ge. 23 March 2022.
  14. "ზურიკო ბორდოში ოფიციალურად გადავიდა - დავითაშვილი" (in Georgian). crystalsport.ge. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  15. "დებიუტი გოლით - ზურიკო დავითაშვილმა ბორდოს დიჟონთან მოაგებინა" (in Georgian). europop.ge. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  16. "Zuriko, bordelais jusqu'en 2027!". girondins.com (in French). FC Girondis. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  17. "Zuriko Davitashvili statistics". soccerway.com.
  18. "South Korea v Georgia game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
  19. "ბულგარეთი-საქართველო 4:1". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 8 September 2021.
  20. "Georgia and Portugal march on, Spain win group". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  21. "Z. Davitashvili". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  22. "President Cup 2017". atozwiki.com (in Russian).
  23. "ОПРЕДЕЛЕНЫ ЛУЧШИЕ ИГРОКИ КУБКА ПРЕЗИДЕНТА РК". kff.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  24. "GFF AWARDS 2018 - გამარჯვებულები". tabula.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2018.
  25. "სფფ-მ წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელები დაასახელა" (in Georgian). fanebi.com. 28 December 2019.
  26. "„რუსთავი" სულიკო დავითაშვილმა ჩაიბარა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 8 July 2020.
  27. ""ხელი მოულოდნელად მოაწერეს... გააზრებული აქვს, რამდენად რთულია ფეხბურთელის ცოლობა" - ზურიკო დავითაშილის დედა, შვილის პირად ცხოვრებაზე, კარიერასა და ხვიჩა კვარაცხელიასთან მეგობრობაზე". kvirispalitra.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  28. "პირველი ფოტო სამშობიაროდან: „დაიბადა დათი დავითაშვილი!"- ზურიკო დავითაშვილი და მია გზირიშვილი მშობლები გახდნენ". marao.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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